[XeTeX] Scaling graphics

[Herbert Schulz]

On Apr 30, 2010, at 8:55 AM, José Carlos Santos wrote:

> On 30-04-2010 12:28, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> 
>>> If I compile this file:
>>> 
>>> \documentclass{article}
>>> \usepackage{graphicx}
>>> \begin{document}
>>> \includegraphics[scale=.4]{Figura_3-1.jpg}
>>> \end{document}
>>> 
>>> with PDFLaTeX, then all goes well. But if I use XeLaTeX instead, then
>>> I get this:
>>> 
>>> <use  "Figura_3-1.jpg">
>>> Overfull \hbox (427.1866pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 4--5
>>> [][]
>>> 
>>> Can anyone tell me why?
>> 
>> I tried with an oversized jpg and can't reproduce your problem.
> 
> I've put here:
> 
> http://www.fc.up.pt/mp/jcsantos/imagens/Figura_3-1.JPG
> 
> the .jpg that I used.
> 
>> I'm using
>> This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.999.7 (MiKTeX 2.7) and
>> xetex.def    2009/11/22 v0.94 LaTeX color/graphics driver for XeTeX
>> (RRM/JK)
> 
> Following a suggestion by Herb Schulz, I added \listfiles to the preamble of the document. What I got was:
> 
> *File List*
> article.cls    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
>  size10.clo    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
> graphicx.sty    1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
>  keyval.sty    1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
> graphics.sty    2009/02/05 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
>    trig.sty    1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
> graphics.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 graphics configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
>   xetex.def    2009/11/22 v0.94 LaTeX color/graphics driver for XeTeX (RRM/JK)
> 
> Figura_3-1.jpg    Graphic file (type QTm)
> 
> So, we are using the same version of xetex.def. Furthermore, I am using:
> 
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.1 (MiKTeX 2.8)
> 
> So, it is a slightly more recent version than yours (and the problem might lie there).
> 
>> Did you check with other graphics?
> 
> Yes. And I do have the same problem with other oversized graphics.
> 
>> Perhaps your jpg is defective.
> 
> I don't think so, but you can check yourself.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Jose Carlos Santos

Howdy,

With your jpg I can see that the image is being cut off. However, If I compare the original with the (cut off) result in the pdf I see that there has been scaling. If I change the scaling to 0.1 or 0.2 the full image fits.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)